occulted

past tense of occult

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of occulted There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026 In fact, the speedy planet is occulted (hidden) by the sun's disk, but of course, this event is unobservable. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occulted
Verb
  • Faux freckles grew into a beauty trend as freckles shifted from a feature often concealed to one people deliberately recreate, often improvising with everyday makeup like brow pencils and eyeliner before dedicated products arrived.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Gonzalès retrospective also raises the question of why this allegiance remained largely concealed for part of her early career.
    — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Barnes & Noble—a wide, flat building in gray brick—was obscured by an enormous construction crane.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • What resonated most for me, though, was witnessing conversations where depth of understanding unveiled perspectives previously obscured.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The workers organized a strike, but their efforts were brutally suppressed.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • For 15 years multiple rounds of quantitative easing kept yields suppressed below 3% and often even close to zero, returns which are hardly competitive with stocks.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But the scenes — his body covered in medical equipment, his limbs not moving, his teammates down on a knee — certainly created cause for concern.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The still-pristine white marble stone stood out compared to the neighboring grave, holding Bailey’s sister Eliza, covered in grime and moss collected over the decades.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Occulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occulted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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